Monday, September 01, 2014

Sporting Academy Players in College

The other day on Twitter I asked if anyone would be interested in updates on how Sporting Academy players are doing in the college ranks. With the idea of being able to keep up on players who could potentially qualify as home grown players in the future. There was enough interest that I decided that I'd go ahead and give it a try. Here's a list of Sporting KC Academy players and how they did on the opening weekend of the college season.

I've pulled the list of players from the Alum section on the KC site, as well as the announcement from earlier this year of the 12 academy players that signed to play college soccer. So there are a few gaps where players do not appear on their college's roster any more.

I've also classified the player's position and what year they are in school along with how they did this past week. Let me know if you have recommendations (I've thought about grouping players by school, but I'm open to suggestions.).

Blake Levine (Baker) - F - Fr - Started for #8 Baker in their 1-1 draw with Missouri Baptist. Started for Baker in their 3-0 loss to #4 Ashford. Came on as a substitute in Baker's 2-0 loss to #3 Lindsey Wilson. Came off the bench in Baker's 4-1 los to 22nd ranked Bethel.

Andy Lopez (North Carolina) - MF - Fr - Did not play in #6 North Carolina's 3-1 win over Cal. Did not play in North Carolina's 1-0 loss to UCLA.

Andrew Miller (Baker University) - D - Jr - Started for #8 Baker in their 1-1 draw with Missouri Baptist. Started for Baker in their 3-0 loss to #4 Ashford. Started in Baker's 2-0 loss to #3 Lindsey Wilson. Started in Baker's 4-1 los to 22nd ranked Bethel.

Cole Stevenson (Denver) - F - Fr - Came on as a substitute in Denver's 2-1 win over Cal State Northridge. Started in Denver's 2-1 overtime win over Navy.

Clay Stewart - (University of Missouri Kansas City) - MF/D - So - Started for UMKC in their 1-0 loss to Rutgers.

Chris Tuso (Baker) - MF - Jr - Started for #8 Baker in their 1-1 draw with Missouri Baptist. Started for Baker in their 3-0 loss to #4 Ashford. Started in Baker's 2-0 loss to #3 Lindsey Wilson. Started in Baker's 4-1 los to 22nd ranked Bethel.

Taylor Vinnage (Benedictine) - GK - Sr - Started for #13 Benedictine in their 3-2 win over McPherson. Started for Benedictine in their 2-1 loss to University of Texas Brownsville.